What did you do to your MK6 today?

[uglybastard]

Interesting stuff. @zrickety +2mm more for my offset... Sounds like a fair bit of rubbing. I'm not opposed to rolling.

Now is that for fear of paint failure or weld failure? I love to pretend I'm patient but I'd almost certainly fall into that crowd who succeeded but not without problems.

I've also considered fender flares, but I would much rather have purchased wider tires with a deeper offset if I'm going as extreme as fender flares.

More so weld failure which would lead to paint issues

 

[vdubnick]

shit my pants today when looking at order history on FCPeuro and seeing i paid 27 bucks in 2019 for genuine VW red tops, and they are now 67

 

[smanierre]

shit my pants today when looking at order history on FCPeuro and seeing i paid 27 bucks in 2019 for genuine VW red tops, and they are now 67

Warranty that shit

 

[tnagy]

 

[g-magoo]

Coated a replacement wheel this morning, although I don’t think they’ll be on the car much longer. Kind of bored with them.

 

[zrickety]

Interesting stuff. @zrickety +2mm more for my offset... Sounds like a fair bit of rubbing. I'm not opposed to rolling.

Now is that for fear of paint failure or weld failure? I love to pretend I'm patient but I'd almost certainly fall into that crowd who succeeded but not without problems.

I've also considered fender flares, but I would much rather have purchased wider tires with a deeper offset if I'm going as extreme as fender flares.

Do NOT try to roll the rears...it will end badly. Ask me how I know.
You may want to cut/add flares, or revert to stock which is eventually what I did.

 

[Cole2999]

Do NOT try to roll the rears...it will end badly. Ask me how I know.
You may want to cut/add flares, or revert to stock which is eventually what I did.

So you had Eibach springs over Konis and you had a little rubbing? I'm coming off of Eibach springs on stock struts and going into ST XA coilovers. I set them pretty stiff, but not maxed. Maybe keeping the rear stiff will be the secret sauce

 

[jedred1]

Snow tires on. New wiper blades too

 

[jay745]

Rolling the rear quarters are indeed a bad idea. You will break the welds on the unibody

 

[uglybastard]

Rolling the rear quarters are indeed a bad idea. You will break the welds on the unibody

I need to fix my rear quarters, the plan is to hammer and roll lightly.

 

[smanierre]

More work being done on the car. Oil return for the turbo welded into the pan. Super clean and looks like it coulda come that way from iAbed

 

[TroyBoy]

More work being done on the car. Oil return for the turbo welded into the pan. Super clean and looks like it coulda come that way from iAbed

Sick!! Looks great too

 

[Cole2999]

Car home.

Downpipe reattached (on new studs ). Engine permanently mounted.
Rear calipers fit now. Tbh I was kinda hoping they wouldn't, that way I could swap back to stock spindles and be done with it. Now I'm going to have to face a clearance dilemma in the summer. Ah well, fuck future me it's his problem.
Shop didn't know how to reinsert the shift selector back into the trans. I'm honestly not sure how I mistakenly got it out; I don't think I forced it at all. Might be in trouble on this one

 

[spacecity.gti]

Looking for some input on diagnosing an issue I’m having with my 2011 GTI. Currently it’s running a little rough on cold starts. Once it’s up to temp and I’ve driven a bit it feels and sounds fine. Doing some internet searches comes up with carbon build up but I had that done about 25,000 miles ago (2 years). Could it be that so soon? I have 2 codes but I’m not sure if it’s related. Intake Air System Leak (P2279) and System Too Lean At Idle, Bank 1 (P2187). I also have a small oil leak that I need to try and track down.

 

[uglybastard]

Looking for some input on diagnosing an issue I’m having with my 2011 GTI. Currently it’s running a little rough on cold starts. Once it’s up to temp and I’ve driven a bit it feels and sounds fine. Doing some internet searches comes up with carbon build up but I had that done about 25,000 miles ago (2 years). Could it be that so soon? I have 2 codes but I’m not sure if it’s related. Intake Air System Leak (P2279) and System Too Lean At Idle, Bank 1 (P2187). I also have a small oil leak that I need to try and track down.

Sounds like you have a vacuum leak. Probably not related to your oil leak.